Fantasy Football Trade Targets For Week 9: Buy Low On Parker Washington

In most fantasy leagues, the trade deadline is about a month away, which means you only have so much more time left to make huge swings to improve your rosters. And with the NFL’s trade deadline less than a week away, a lot can change over the course of the next few days.

Here are a few fantasy football trade targets for Week 9.

Week 9 Fantasy Football Trade Targets

Parker Washington | WR | Jacksonville Jaguars

The Jacksonville Jaguars scored 42 points on Sunday, so surely their WR1 was a huge reason why, right?

Right?

Sadly, Parker Washington didn’t join in on the fun this weekend, finishing the day with just one catch for 16 yards. It was another game where Jacksonville throttled their opponent, limiting Trevor Lawrence to just 14 pass attempts and 10 completions. That now makes five of seven games where Lawrence has been below 30 pass attempts and three games where the Jaguars won by three-plus touchdowns. It’s great if you are a Jacksonville fan, but unfortunately, not so much if Washington is on your fantasy roster.

As a result, Washington currently ranks 87th among all wide receivers in fourth-quarter routes (33), while Lawrence is averaging just 5.1 fourth-quarter dropbacks per game, the fewest among qualified signal callers this season. No team has led by 14-plus points for more plays than the Jaguars, and while they are obviously a good team, they are surely going to start playing more tightly contested games, which will benefit Washington, who, by the way, has been awesome when targeted. Among wide receivers with at least 100 routes, Washington ranks 15th in YPRR (2.27) and 11th in EPA/RTE (0.11). The Jaguars do have some softer matchups ahead, including this Thursday against a Baltimore offense that may not push them to air the ball out. However, Jacksonville also just lost DT DaVon Hamilton and safety Eric Murray for the season, while Travon Walker has a rib injury. If this defense takes a step back, that could also benefit Washington.

Chase Brown | RB | Cincinnati Bengals

“No, seriously. This time for sure.”

Chase Brown has found himself in plenty of trade articles already this season, and although he had another good-but-not-great game on Sunday, I’m still pretty encouraged.

No, Brown isn’t going to live up to his second-round ADP from draft season. But I do believe he’s underperforming based on his usage and involvement. Back in Week 5, before Cincinnati’s bye, Brown lost a fumble and essentially split work with Samaje Perine, sounding the alarms for fantasy rosters everywhere. During that game, Brown played a season-low 60% of the snaps, while ceding 16 touches to Perine. And with the Bengals on bye, we had to wait and wonder if the shift in usage was just a one-week thing or something that would stick the rest of the season. Although Perine played well in that game, the answer is pretty clear.

This is still very much Chase Brown’s backfield.

In the two weeks since, Brown has logged 73% of the snaps, 64% of the rush attempts and 61% of the routes, while averaging 17.5 touches per game. During that same span, Perine has played just 29% of the snaps, and it was encouraging to see the Bengals stay with Brown this past weekend after losing a fumble on an awkward handoff exchange. The pass game usage has been awesome for Brown, who caught eight passes on Sunday and now has identical TPRR and target shares as in his 2025 season (22%, 15%). Everything is trending in the right direction for Brown, who, by the way, still plays in an elite offense.

He just needs to score some damn touchdowns.

Brown hasn’t found the end zone since Week 1, as the Bengals continue to score a ton of touchdowns from 15-plus yards out, limiting Brown to just 0.6 inside the five carries per game, 29th among running backs. This offense is too good for Brown, who did have a score called back last week, but did not score any touchdowns. And with the third-best strength of schedule for running backs the rest of the way, I’m keeping the faith with Brown.

Carnell Tate | WR | Tennessee Titans

Tate was featured in this article last week, and then he proceeded to miss a game against the Bengals, where Tennessee scored 36 points.

Because, of course, he did.

But between his missed game and now a bye week, the opportunity to acquire him is absolutely still there. Prior to last week’s game he sat out, Tate had accounted for 45% of the Titans’ air yards, the fourth-highest rate in all of football. His 27% target share ranks 11th among all wide receivers, while his 74% weighted opportunity rating (WOPR) trails only Puka Nacua, DeVonta Smith, CeeDee Lamb and Jaxon Smith-Njigba through eight weeks of action. Tennessee’s offense has looked much better over the last three weeks, and more importantly, quarterback Cam Ward is coming off arguably the best game of his career.

Tate (shoulder) is expected to return following the bye, setting him up for an awesome schedule the rest of the way. From Week 10 on, the Titans have the fifth-easiest schedule for wide receivers, drawing matchups with Dallas, Jacksonville, Washington, Detroit, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh. Because he’ll have been out of their lineup for two consecutive weeks, fantasy GMs will forget about the momentum Tate has been building. Take advantage and add him to your team during the bye.

Ollie Gordon | RB | Miami Dolphins

I’ll be honest, when De’Von Achane’s season ended, I thought Gordon was a fine waiver wire add, but wouldn’t become a weekly fantasy starter. And now, weeks later, here I am suggesting you trade for him.

Always stay fluid in fantasy, y’all.

Gordon has been one of the best waiver wire adds of the year to this point. Since taking over the Miami backfield in Week 4, Gordon has logged 74% of the snaps (8th), handled 66% of the rushing attempts (15th), and averaged 17.7 carries per game (11th), while operating as fantasy’s RB19 during that span. Gordon is also dominating the goal-line work in a better-than-we-thought Dolphins offense. Only Javonte Williams and D’Andre Swift are averaging more inside the five carries per game than Gordon (2.3) over the past five weeks.

Going forward, Gordon should project for 15-20 carries per game, while Miami has a top-five rest-of-season schedule for fantasy running backs, drawing matchups with Detroit, Indianapolis, Buffalo and the Jets over the next four weeks. Plus, he’s already had his bye. Sounds good to me.

Players To Monitor In Week 9 For A Fantasy Football Trade

Bijan Robinson | ATL: I like to give most people the benefit of the doubt and assume they aren’t looking to move off a player like Robinson. But with Bijan averaging just 10.7 PPR PPG over his last three outings, it can’t hurt to get a feel for the temperature. The two games where Robinson failed to eclipse seven fantasy points were pretty strange: a game vs. Chicago where the Falcons went down 31-7, and a horrible weather game in Tampa where Atlanta’s offense couldn’t do a thing.
Justin Jefferson | MIN: The volume was there (9 targets), but this Minnesota passing attack just lacks rhythm and consistency right now. Because he’s awesome, Jefferson saved his day with a stellar touchdown grab, while the Vikings have a top-six schedule for fantasy wide receivers the rest of the way.